Shade holder



June 17, 1930. 1.. c. DOANE SHADE HOLDER Filed April 15. 1928 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented June 17, 1930 'UNITEDT'STTATES PAT N orri ce LnRoY o, DOANE, on MERIDEN, CQNNECTIC'UT, nssielvon To. Tnn MILLER or MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT COMPANY,-

SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed-April 13,

The present invention relates to V shade holders and is more particularly directed toward a screwless holder suitable for supporting shades. v r

The present invention relates to a shade holder which is exceedingly simple in construction, it being in its preferable form, made out of two simple stampings and three pieces of bent wire soarrange'd and constructed that resilient wire fingers are supported byone of the stampings and actuated by the other stamping to engage or disengage a shade.

The invention also contemplates a shade holder of the above nature wherein the final assembly of the parts :may be accomplished without the use of tools, and wherein thespring fingers hold one ring on the other ring.

The accompanying drawings show, for purposes of illustrating the present invention, one of the many possible embodiments. in which it may take form,,it being understood that the drawings are illustrative of the. in 2 vention rather than limiting the same.

In these drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevational view with parts in section, illustrating the present form of shade holder supporting a shade,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a perspective View showing the parts separated.

Where the shade holder is intended for use with hanging or drop lights, it may conveniently include a stamping 10 in the form of a downwardly opening socket cover adapted to receive the lamp socket. Other forms and shapes mayof course be used depending on the conditions to be satisfied. The lower end of the shade supporting stamping 10 is provided with a skirt 11 somewhat larger in diameter than the heel 12 of the shade which is to be supported in it. For convenience, this may be considered a fixed ring. The ring or skirt 11 is provided, as here shown, with three long horizontal slots 13, 14 and 15 and with three holes 16, 17 and 18 placed between the slots.

to Bent wire shade engaging fingers 19, 20

1928. Serial no. 269,651.

and 21 are secured to the stamping 10. 1 These I enough so that they at all times project through corresponding slots and the inwardly'bent tips are adapted to be brought in adja'cent to the ring or skirt of the stamping when the parts are'in the fullline position indicated in Figure 2. These wire members, however, are resilient and arebiased toward the dot and dash line position shown in Figure2. I v

Arevolvable actuating ring 30 also in the form of a sheet metal stamping is placedoutside the fixed ring. It has a circumferential bead 31 and a top flange 32. The bead portion ofv this stampingis providedwith three short slots 33. The stamped ring 30 is made of just the proper size to fit outsidethe skirt 7 of the stamping 10. This stamped ring may be manually inserted in place by passing the ring down over the projecting tips of two of the spring fingers after which-these fingers may be compressed and the third finger forced inside the ring. The spring fingers. will be urged outwardly so that the tipsof the fingers will ride in the head or groove. 31.

When theringBl is turned to the left asin;

dicated by the arrowsin Figure 3,the tips of the spring members willbe held in this groove, and-the members will be heldin the inner position, as indicated in Figures '1 and 2, so as to engage underneath the heel or head 12 of; the shade. When, however, the-ring is turned in the opposite direction, the tips 26 ofthe spring members will pass out through the holes 38in the ring so that these springs will be opened up to the dot and dash line positon indicated in Figure 2 thereby releas:

ingthe shade so that it canbe removed.

Itwillbe noted that these operations-were carried out without the use of any tools what ever and that the shade is securely supported at all times. The ring is securely held in place by the springs. The spring fingers prevent unintentional moving of the ring upwardly or away from the skirt of the socket cover, and it is not large enough to pass down'below the head 23. Thedevice is exceedingly simple in operation and construction and will securely hold small shades; The operations necessary for releasing a shade or for inserting a shade are obvious from a more inspection of the device so that the user will experience no difficulty in removing or replacing shades when using this form of shade holder. or

It is obvious that the invention may be embodied in many forms vand constructions within the scope of the claims, and I Wish it to be understood that the particular form shown is but one of the many forms. Various modifications and changes beingpossible, I do not otherwise limit myself in any way with res ct thereto.

claim:

1. A shade holder comprising a fixed inner rin carrying a plurality of spring fingers att-ac ed at one end to the ring, each having a movable end passing through a slot in the ring, and an outer ring engaging with the ends of the fingers to hold them in'a predeter mined position in the slots for gripping a shade, said ring being movable to another position to permit the spring fingers expend and-release the shade, theouter ring having a circular groove to receive the ones of the spring fingers and permit complete rotation of the outer ring, the ends of the fingersthen actuating to hold the outer ring on the inner ring.

2. A shade holder comprisinga fixed inner rin carrying a plurality of spring fingers attac ed at one end to the ring, each having a movable end passing through a slot in the ring, and an outer ringengaging with the ends of the fingers to hold them in a predetermined position in the slots for gripping a shade, said ring beingmovable to another position to permit the spring fingers to ex positions where the fingers are all bent in to grip a shade, or where all the fingers are allowed to expand to release the shade.

4. A shade holder comprising a circular ring having long horizontal slots, spring fingerseach anchored to the ring and having a cular groove to receive the ends of the fingers and permit complete rotation of the outer ring, the fingers holding the outer ring on the inner ring.

5. A shade holder comprising a fixed stamping having a skirt portion adapted to receive the heel of a shade, provided with long horizontal slots and having anexternal bead about its lower edge, shade engaging'wire members each having an end anchored in the bead, the wire members passing inwardly through a hole in the skirt of the stamping, the free ends of the wire members projecting outwardly through the'slots, and an actuating ring revolvably carried by the skirt, the ring having abead to receive the free ends of the wire members and hold them closely in against the skirt when the ring is turned in one direction, the ring also having apertures through whichthe ends of the members may pass when the ring is turned in the opposite direction to permit the wire; members to spread and release the shade. i

Signed at Meriden, in the'county of New Haven'and State of Connecticut, this 11th day of April, 1928.

' LEROY C, DOANE.

pend and release the shade, the outer ring having a circular groove'to receive the ends of the spring fingers and permit complete rov tation of the outer ring, the ends of the fingers then actuating to hold the outer ring on the inner ring, the groove being cut away to per mit the ends of the fingers to project out throughthe ring when in certain positions.

3. In a shade holder, a fixed ring having a plurality of regularly spaced long horizontal slots, a bead about the lower edge of the ring,

a plurality of wire spring members each having an end anchored in the bead, each wire member passing through a hole between adj acent slots and extending out through a slot,

the free end of thefinger being beyond the slot, and a. revolvable outer ring movable to 

